Abstract
Several different potassium channels modulate the activity of sleep-promoting neurons in the Drosophila brain, but the regulation of these channels is not completely understood. A recent study (Kempf et al., Nature, 2019) found that one of the potassium channel subunits, Hyperkinetic, alters the firing properties of sleep-promoting neurons in response to NADPH oxidation. These findings are the first to link cellular redox state and mitochondrial metabolism directly to sleep.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 514-517 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Trends in Neurosciences |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- Drosophila
- NADPH
- redox state
- sleep switch
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)